Israel strikes Arms Depot near Damascus

I believe this is breaking but Debka and Al Jazeera are both reporting that
Israel has just launched an air strike against a military research centre facility near Damascus.

Tie this in with the earlier thread that US had given Israel the green light to launch
air attacks and that Israel had launched an earlier attack against a truck full of weapons bound for (they believe) Hezbollah - things are hotting up.

The Syrian army has said that Israeli jets crossed into Syria below the radar level at dawn and hit a military research centre in Jamraya, near
Damascus. "Israeli fighter jets violated our airspace at dawn today and carried out a direct strike on a scientific research centre in charge of
raising our level of resistance and self-defence," the army's general command said in a statement carried by state news agency SANA on Wednesday
evening. The strike came "after terrorist groups made several failed attempts in the past months to take control of the site," the statement added of
rebel groups fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace via Mount Hermon, or Jabal el-Sheikh in
Arabic, the army said. "They... carried out an act of aggression, bombarding the site, causing large-scale material damage and destroying the
building," state television quoted the military as saying. The army added that two site workers were killed in the strike.

between this news, and other unrelated threads where people cant tell their arse and their elbow, ATS has kinda tested my resolve today.

while this news has depressed me and shaken the faith in humans that i try to keep as chipper as possible, thanks for sharing this.

as already said by others, this is most likely just the tip of the iceberg, one that i fell israel has been chomping at the bit to get stuck into for
way too long, and ofc the US and UK govts couldnt give a fig about.

Originally posted by RightlyCurious
How does this get taken off front page, but a post about peanut butter proving evolution theory is wrong is on there???

Its user driven... now you know what REALLY matters to the average ATSer..

ON TOPIC

I guess those who have wringing their hands in some sick anticipation looking for a bloodbath to satisfy their hunger for more tragedy.. might just
get their wish pretty soon.

Regional security officials said Israel had been planning in the days leading up to the airstrike to hit a shipment of weapons bound for
Hezbollah, Lebanon's most powerful military force and a sworn enemy of the Jewish state.

The Syrian military has confirmed that Israeli jets have carried out an air strike on its territory, but denied reports that lorries carrying
weapons bound for Lebanon were hit. It said in a statement that the target was a military research centre northwest of the capital Damascus. Two
people were killed and five injured in the attack, it said.

And if Assad was to retaliate, which I believe he is entitled to do, he would be denounced and called the devil. But he knows this and so does the
rest of the world, including Israel which will continue to do this with impunity.

But the attack implies that Israel feels compelled to join the battle -- not to protect either side in the Syrian conflict but rather to protect its
own security. And this move would send a clear message to Israel’s ultimate enemy, the regional power that backs both the Syrian regime and
Hezbollah: Iran.

Iran has long threatened to destroy Israel, and Hezbollah is part of its arsenal. Israel choking off the supply of weapons to Hezbollah limits
Iran’s future threat against Israel.

Originally posted by DaesDaemar
And if Assad was to retaliate, which I believe he is entitled to do, he would be denounced and called the devil. But he knows this and so does the
rest of the world, including Israel which will continue to do this with impunity.

He knows that if he retaliates he's done. Iran aint gonna help, they never help their allies except for limited proxy dancing. Russia is not gonna
come running, they are basically allies of the west. Too much $$ on the line.

It's time for him to either sh1t or get off the pot, status quo is unacceptable

I dont understand how IDF jets got so far into Israel and out again without being shot at. With the bombing on the convoy and earlier this week the
nuclear plant in Iran. (we still dont know if it happened.) Its getting very scary in the middle east.
Feels abit like now the president and Bibi are having at it now they are back in.

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